Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '16 at 06:14
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 128 58% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 372 36% 298 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 848E) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4144 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.15% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.43 fps	MRender 2.43 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.63 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.15% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4964 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3714 (E8) Unknown 100 100 34169348613 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	69.1% Good	Read 472 Write 380 Mixed 386 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 13.7 80% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 13.5 30% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 935GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154415754 (03) Spinup time 97 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48047847 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 743 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 115 (BE) vendor-specific 59 46 707330089 (C2) HDA temperature 41 54 60129542185 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 32 154415754 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -33487859984832 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2537442496 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2483391587	55.1% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 104 Mixed 98.5 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.46 96% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 70%
Seagate ST31000424CS 1TB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 682GB free Firmware: CA14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96434456 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15168618 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 3 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 606273571 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 46 96434456 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.3% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 90.5 Mixed 81.2 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 62%
Seagate ST31000424CS 1TB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 326GB free Firmware: CA14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80242951 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46605369 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 639893540 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 46 80242951 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 82.2 Mixed 92.6 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.38 81% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 62%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1.5TB 1,258 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 122GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 26.7 Write 29 Mixed 30.6 22% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 603GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 28.4 Mixed 27.1 36% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR3 1600 2x4GB 1,984 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 47%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	196x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	162x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	47x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	41x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	29x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples	20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	17x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 3,080 samples	11x

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Total price: $392

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16